Hark raises $700M for a 'universal' AI interface
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Friday, May 22, 2026 · Vol. I · Issue No. 52 · 9 Stories
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Funding · TechCrunch
Hark Raises $700M Series A for Its 'Universal' AI Interface
Brett Adcock's new AI lab closed a $700M Series A to build multimodal foundation models and dedicated hardware to run them. First models due this summer, almost no public product detail yet, and one of the largest Series A rounds in recent memory. |
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Plus: a Cryptogram puzzle and The Big Picture expert digest.
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